Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14776215843)

Identifier: belltelephone7273mag00amerrich (find matches)

Title: Bell telephone magazine

Year: 1922 (1920s)

Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept

Subjects: Telephone

Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)

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12 The Decision-Making Process: Managing thePresent to Insurethe Future The world of if is an imaginaryrealm, a twilight zone of ivhat mighthave been had only an opposite de-cision been reached at a specificpoint in time. That world is filledwith happy marriages, with daz-zling business moves, with stockmarket successes and all the stuffof which daydreams are made. But the world of if is a presumingone: it invariably supposes that anentirely different course of actionthan the one taken would indeedhave produced the desired result. In the real world, a decisionreached by an individual or by acorporation can have limited or far-reaching consequences, depending,of course, on the nature of the deci-sion itself. A wrong choice of op-tions can thus have dire results forthe individual and his family or forthe corporation and its associatedbusinesses. In the Bell System, a de-cision reached at the highest levelsof management today affects morethan one million employees, threemillion share own

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